Oct 10 2014 Eng 12

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Daily Learning Target(s): By the end of the week, students will be able to...

  • analyze text as evidenced by close reading, discussion, annotations and rhetorical precis, and answering questions on a quiz.
  • analyze vocabulary as evidenced by defining words and writing academic, showing sentences on a quiz.

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  1. CH 3 Part 1 (p.61-81) Rhetorical Precis #1

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  1. Due Fri 10/17: Mini Research Paper #3
  2. *Extra Credit Opportunity Due Fri Oct 17*: CATE Writing Contest
‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Agenda:
  1. Peer Review Rhetorical Precis #1 CH 3 Part 1 (p.61-81)
  2. Choose new mini research paper topics
  3. Figurative Language Examples Groups
    1. Using the Annotation Expectations Figurative Language and Rhetorical Devices list, find examples for as many as you can within CH 3 Part 1(p.61-81)
      1. Name the device
      2. Cite the quote and page number in which it appears.
      3. Elaborate to explain the author's purpose, what it shows, what it emphasizes.
  4. Enrique's Journey CH 3 Part 1 (p.61-81)
    • Read and annotate.


Enrique’s Journey Annotations Chapter 3 Part 1 (p. 61-81) Due_
Directions: Complete annotations in your book. Circle key words, names, places and underline explanations, important information, and claims that help you make margin comments. You MUST mark text AND number your margin comments to receive credit.
  1. 1. (p.61-62): Identify and explain a metaphor regarding Chiapas.
  2. 2. (p.62): Identify and describe what Enrique has learned about facing “the beast”.
  3. 3. (p. 63-64): Identify the contrasting imagery used to describe the cemetery and events that take place there and the literary device this represents.
  4. 4. (p. 63-64): Identify and describe why Enrique spends the night in the cemetery.
  5. 5. (p. 65-67): Underline evidence to identify and describe the author’s purpose for the imagery on these pages
  6. 6. (p. 67-68): Underline evidence to identify and state the claim regarding the migrants on board the freight train.
  7. 7. (p. 69): Figurative language- find an example of a simile or metaphor.
  8. 8. (p. 70-72): Identify the many names the migrants have for the trains and what they symbolize.
  9. 9. (p. 73-74): Identify and describe how Enrique manages to escape la migra at La Arrocera.
  10. 10. (p.76-78): Identify and describe the imagery and details migrants face in Chiapas and what it shows.
  11. 11. (p.79-80): Identify and explain the testimonies of experts’ and locals’ attitudes towards migrants and what they show